Verbals
What is a verbal?
Verbals look like verbs but they don't act like a verb.
What are verbs?
Verbs express action or a state of being.
What can a participle function as?
Adjective
What can a gerund function as?
Noun
What is the participle phrase?
Taking the test, the students looked anxious.
Taking the test
What are the 3 types of verbals?
participles, gerunds, and infinitives.
What are the 3 types of verbs?
action, linking, and state of being
What is a past participle?
The past form of any verb is usually formed by adding -ed to a verb. Sometimes past tense can end in -d, -t, -en, or -n.
What is the gerund in the sentence?
Cleaning the bathroom is a chore that almost no one enjoys.
cleaning
What is the verbal? What type of verbal?
The players could not avoid making mistakes.
Making - gerund
What is the verbal?
Running is Jason’s favorite form of exercise.
Running
What is the verb in the sentence?
Sailing is my brother’s favorite pastime.
is
What is a present participle?
Present participle is formed by adding -ing to a verb.
What is the gerund in the sentence?
Gregor tremendously enjoyed showing his dogs.
showing
What is the verbal? What type of verbal?
The worried parents finally found the boy.
worried - participle
What is the verbal?
Yolanda would like to coach competitive swimming this summer.
Swimming
What is the verb in the sentence?
My mother likes for me to exercise every day.
likes
What is the participle in the sentence?
Both plants and animals exist in a balancing act of survival.
balancing
Walking is good exercise.
The gerund is walking. How is it functioning in the sentence?
The subject of the sentence.
What is the verbal? What type of verbal?
To make the team requires both coordination and speed.
To make - infinitive
Which one is the verbal in the sentence:
Those pumps aren’t the best shoes for biking.
Biking
What is the verb in the sentence?
He had a frightening experience last night.
had
What is the participle in the sentence?
She handed me a resume printed on yellow paper?
printed
List 3 things a gerund can function as in a sentence.
Subject, direct object, object of preposition
What are the verbals? What type of verbals?
Reading between the lines is a hidden talent
reading - gerund
hidden - participial